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  National Healthcare for the USA

  by sammielee24 in

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  just an fyi for anyone interested - there is a major drive on to push the bill forward for national healthcare in the usa.

  you can sign the petition by going to http://www.onecarenow.org/.. it has gone through one part of the process last year and now the push is on to get it moved to the next level - it is backed by over 400 groups including the uaw i believe.

  it is no longer if it happens, it is only a matter of time as to when it happens.

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  I haven't read the entire thread but I have mixed feeling on National Healthcare. I think it would be great for those who work but can't afford the pay deductions for company sponsored healthcare, for people who don't have a job and of course children that are uninsured.

  With that said - I really like my benefits, the premiums are very affordable, the copays are minimal and I have excellent coverage. My kids are covered until they turn 24 regardless if they are in school or not. I would not want to be forced into healthcare program that is less than what I have now, I don't want to wait for hours upon hours to see a doctor or be seen in an ER. If I need "elective surgery" I want to be able to have it. I'm not talking about cosmetic surgery there are some elective surgeries that are done to relieve pain and discomfort, I've had several and I'm glad I had the option to have it.

  I understand that my situation may not be the "norm", believe me I've seen patients denied medication and procedures because their insurance company denies it. I hate most insurance companies. But I think it should be a choice an option like you can either have your company sponsored insurance or what the government offers.

  I guess as long as I have a choice I don't have a problem with it. I really need to do more reading on this topic.

  *going to search for more info*

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  You Might be a JWD Addict if...

  by White Dove in

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  if jwd takes a weekend off and you can't find anything else interesting on the internet, you might be a jwd addict.

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  Damn I didn't even know it was down

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  Proctor & Gamble...and more

  by tan in

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  does anyone remember when the witlesses said that we weren't to use anything with the proctor and gamble symbol (r) because they were demonized or satan worshipers?

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  can you think of any others...of course the smurfs, e.t.....anymore?.

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  While JWs helped spread the P&G story the story originated not from a JW, but from an Amway salesman

  Who was probably an Amway salesman

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  More Evidence that Jehovah Is a Tyrant

  by WTWizard in

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  i have observed that jehovah god is far from the loving father he portrays himself to be.

  stifling my sex drive, and then exploiting it by using it to get me into a cult, hardly qualifies god as being loving.

  and neither does continuing to stifle the sex drive after i am trying to leave the cult and quite likely using the hounders to reclaim me as their slave.. i found another web site that any theist should urgently look up before looking into any religion, whether jehovah's witnesses or any other "christian" or islam religion.

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  God Yahweh according to the witnesses who knew Him is Almighty God and He created the endless universe and controls each and everz particle of it and knows everything. You could not lift a hand without God moving all particles in your hand !

  Well I guess this explains why god can't help those really in need. Sheesh! He's busy moving hands all day

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  To all "born-in" DF'd/DA'd posters.....

  by DublDipd in

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  do you feel that we will ever be free from the mental damage imposed by our parents?

  i have been df'd for over 17 years.

  basically, my entire family still remain active jw's.

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  Do you feel that we will ever be free from the mental damage imposed by our parents?

  Yes, but you have to be the one to put it in perspective

  Can someone overcome this rejection? Some can and some can't. Thereapy is wonderful

  How are you dealing with it? Most days I don't think about it. Whem my mom decides to be a pain in my butt and preach to me or rather threaten me with the Big A I either ignore her which she really hates, or I change the subject. If that doesn't work I simply don't deal with her/it.

  Do you think that you have missed what a normal family life is supposed to consist of?

  Yes, but I changed that for my children

  Do you think that this can ever be overcome?

  See above answer

  If you have been DF'd/DA'd for any period or time do you harbor hate/resentment still?

  I'm not df'd or da'd but from time to time my family treats me as though I am. Resent it sometimes but I pretty much am over it. It was really bad until I decided not to let them make me miserable

  I am afraid that I will never be able to forgive them for raising me as a JW...then rejecting me because I could not continue with their teachings.

  Have you tried therapy?

  I don't feel that there ever was a "choice" for me to make. It was made for me before I was born.

  Exactly, but you can't go back and change anything. You only have control over your future. With them or not you have the power to change your life. Don't allow anyone or anything to take that from you.

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  what do you love?

  by odie67 in

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  what do you love?

  what moves your soul and/or inspires you to the point of complete happiness?.

  i had the pleasure of meeting a young man at a party, he was so into the music...it was amazing watching him.

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  Thunder storms

  naps

  a good glass of wine
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  ANOINTING - How JWs really know!

  by Amazing in

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  anointing - how jws really know!

  [note: this is a 7 page post in case you may want to print it out and read it later.

  i hope that i do provide clarity on this topic, but i accept that i may have muddied the waters as much as i have tried to clear them up.

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  btt - marking this so I can finish reading it!

  Very, very interesting

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  Mary's Ovum - LOL

  by DoomVoyager in

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  i just got back from a vacation, and i had to share this one with all of those who aren't getting the kool-aid washtowels any more.. .

  scriptural questions answered:.

  1:35 - did mary's egg cell, or ovum, have any part in her pregnancy?

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  In Mary's case, seeing as she so readily agreed to bear the Savior, I believe God intervened and canceled out the painful effects of giving birth.

  Uhm I wasn't aware that she had a choice Did he ask permission to use her body prior to er, you know do'n the do?

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  Mary's Ovum - LOL

  by DoomVoyager in

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  i just got back from a vacation, and i had to share this one with all of those who aren't getting the kool-aid washtowels any more.. .

  scriptural questions answered:.

  1:35 - did mary's egg cell, or ovum, have any part in her pregnancy?

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  Eve's creation and how soon the 6th Creative Day ends is speculative, though the circumstances suggest that the 6th Creative Day ended almost immediately after Eve was created, since Eve was quite naieve at the time of Satan's temptation. I guess she hadn't figured out the animals don't talk yet, and the Bible says she was "thoroughly deceived."
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  When did you last attend a meeting at the Kingdom Hall?

  by Thechickennest in

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  December 1982